Vijay Mallya's Twitter account @TheVijayMallya has been possibly hacked. The microblogging site was hacked today with abuses posted on it. It is not clear how someone took the control of Mallya's Twitter account. Days after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account hacking, now…

It happens in the Metro. In a religious site. In the middle of the street. Someone stops me, waving his/her mobile phone: "Can I get a picture of you?" It's not like I haven't been photographed before. But in India, rarely a week passes without being asked to pose for someone.

Many MBAs, other post-graduates and BTechs are among the 1.10 lakh candidates braving the morning chill to take the practical examination of cleaning drains to bag jobs as contractual sweepers (safai karmcharis) with the Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The aspiring sweepers are competing for…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup might be the biggest one after national federations from Asia, Europe and Oceania gave a thumbs up to the FIFA President's 48-team format. The President met with the federations and three proposals were put forth in front of them. Gianni Infantino said, They are very…

LUCKNOW: With just 19,143 ATMs, only double of those in Delhi but catering to almost 20 times more population than the national capital, Uttar Pradesh seems worst affected by the demonetisation crisis. Its political fallout now threatens to derail BJP's chances in the big battle of 2017 if the…

UNNOW: Known otherwise for causing traffic bottleneck, the New Sabzi Mandi along the Unnao-Kanpur bypass has only a handful of takers these days. As wasted fruits and vegetables fill the area and raise a stink, estimates show that at least 60-70% of the produce is going waste because supply chain…

It has been a choppy ride for the Indian equity markets that had been hit by the double whammy of demonetisation and the surprise victory of Donald Trump in the US Presidential elections, exactly a month ago on November 8.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged a cash dependent economy where villages are still without electricity, and where smart phones remain a dream to move to plastic and e-batwas (wallets) as he put it in his mann ki baat.

For the first time, the income-tax department will use big data analytical tools to go through personal bank deposits to segregate black money holders from genuine tax-payers, two people in the know have said.

Hit by the demonetisation hurdle, the fast-growing automobile sector in the country has posted a decline - the first this year - of about 5% in November. Commercial vehicles, two- and three-wheelers all posted a decline. This was the steepest in the past 44 months. The sector had declined 7.75 per…

Ten months after the Make in India Week held in Mumbai, billed as an event that would leave a mark on the history of India, the Maharashtra government has little to show for all the investments committed during the event, an assessment report has revealed.

KOLKATA: Even a month after PM Narendra Modi sought to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, the country seems to be in turmoil with parties crying hoarse about the trouble of common man. However, demonetisation seems to have come as a windfall for some in West Bengal.

Government officials were caught red-handed while accepting bribe. They claimed in the Lokayukta court that cash, which ACB claimed was bribe, could not be considered as it was in old currency and not valid on the day as per the government notification.

To encourage JAN BHAGIDARI and to make the procedure of budget formation transparent, the Union Ministry of Finance has decided to invite suggestions for Union Budget 2017-18. As you may recall, this has been a regular feature on MyGov for the last two years.

The boy had been brought to the madrassa on Sunday by his family and was left there to study. However, the madrassa principal allegedly chained him up to "prevent him from running away". According to police sources, the boy's statement was recorded in front of child welfare committee members.

It is said that "money is an idea that inspires confidence". At the stroke of the midnight hour, on November 9, 2016, the confidence of more than a billion Indians was destroyed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had declared that more than 85 per cent of the value of money held in notes of Rs.500 and…

Policeman slaps ex-serviceman repeatedly outside a bank while he tries to reason with him. Bagalkot (Karnataka): A Policeman who slapped an ex-serviceman outside a bank in Bagalkot (Karnataka) has been suspended on Thursday, 8th December 2016. The action taken against the policeman after the video…